19 April – Let’s begin to build a bridge
Do you remember the contests back in the 1980s? They were a different affair to now, with countries often finishing in similar positions year...
17 April – Mesmerising
It was in 2020 when things changed. That contest we were all looking forward to in Rotterdam was almost upon us, and then it...
16 April – You were the queen of my heart
Isn't it often the way that you can tell where someone's from, just by their name? If it ends in 'dottir', it's usually Icelandic....
15 April – Alive, alive, alive, alive, alive
All Eurovision eyes are increasingly focussing on the oddly anatomically shaped country that is Italy (we understand some riotous cavalcade of quality song takes...
14 April – One’s a lonely number
If you keep an eye on the wider Eurovision family, you'll know about the Junior version. We've already seen some Junior stars make it...
13 April – Soon they’ll take me away
As we know, some decent songs stay in the semi-finals when maybe they shouldn't. Some dross rightly remain there too, but it just shows...
12 April – Kiss me and turn me slow, up and...
As we know, Eurovision throws up performances as well as songs. Do they detract, or does a song need some form of gimmick to...
11 April – I carried it, carried it, carried it home
Anyone can win our favourite TV show. A number of countries had had dismal results before they won. You know who they are. And...
10 April – Everybody knows we’rе born to the fight
For all time, we'll have a large number of performers who missed out on the cancelled 2020 contest, only to be recruited for the...
9 April – Thinking of the day we met as sign...
There's a long list of countries that have never won our favourite TV show. Will one of them win this year in Turin? Or...